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आसित्वा विजने विमुक्तविषयासङ्गं मनो निश्चलं
कृत्वा हृज्जलजान्तरे प्रियतमारूपं परं दैवतम्।
ध्यात्वा हारलतामयाक्षवलयं हस्तेन धृत्वा मया
तत्सायुज्यफलाप्तये प्रतिदिनं तन्नाम संजप्यते॥

Seated in solitude, with the mind freed from all worldly distractions, I meditate daily on the divine form of my beloved deity within the lotus of my ...

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आसिष्ये सुखितो गृहीति विहितो मोहेन दारग्रहस्
तत्सङ्गात् सुतदासबान्धवसुहृत्संबन्धिनामुद्भवः।
तन्निर्वाहकदर्थनापरिभवानौचित्यचिन्ताजुषः किं
सौख्यं कतमा गृहस्थितिरतोऽनर्थो मया स्वीकृतः॥

I took up household life thinking it joyful, but it brought endless ties—family, duties, worries—and now I wonder, what happiness did I truly gain?

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आसीत् कल्पमुदन्वदम्बुनि चिरं भेजे च भालानलं
भर्गस्य प्रतिमासकर्महुतभुक्कुण्डेऽप्यहौषीद् वपुः।
तीव्रैरेव तपोभिरिन्दुरकरोदित्थं जनुर्यापनं किं कुर्याद्
विधुरो न वाञ्छति विधिस् तल्लाञ्छनप्रोञ्छनम्॥

The moon shone in water, the sun burned in sacrifice fires, both endured—yet the creator adds blemishes even to perfection.

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आसीत् ताम्रमयं शरीरमधुना सौवर्णवर्णं गतं
मुक्ताहारलताश्रुबिन्दुनिवहैर्निःस्वस्य मे कल्पिता।
स्वल्पं स्वल्पमनल्पकल्पमधुना दीर्घं वयः कल्पितं
स्वामिन् दुःख भवत्प्रसादवशतः किं किं न लब्धं मया॥

Once of copper-like hue, her body now shines like gold—through tears, poverty, age, and devotion, she has transformed into a divine presence.

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आसीत् पूर्वं विमलजलधौ मण्डनं भूपतीनां
नारीणां च प्रबलमुकुटे काञ्चनेन प्रसङ्गात्।
तन्त्रीबद्धः कथमिदमहो काचखण्डेन सार्धं
भिल्लीकण्ठे मरकतमणे कामवस्थां गतोऽसि॥

Once a prized ornament of kings and queens, you now hang from a tribal woman's neck, dull and faded—a metaphor for decline.

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आसीत् सत्ययुगे बलिस्तदनु च त्रेतायुगे भार्गवो
रामः सत्यपराक्रमोऽथ भगवान् धर्मस् तथा द्वापरे।
दाता कोऽपि न चास्ति संप्रति कलौ जीवन्ति केनार्थिनश्
चेत्येवं कृतनिश्चयेन विधिना व्यापारिणो निर्मिताः॥

In Satyayuga, Bali gave freely; in Treta, it was Rama; in Dvapara, Dharma. But in Kali, there is no giver—only beggars remain.

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आसीददभ्रशरदभ्रमिषाद् यशस् ते
नाके भ्रमन् नृप यदभ्रमुकान्तशुभ्रम्।
तत् पुष्पवर्षणमिवाप्सरसां द्युलोके
व्याप्नोत्यमादिव भुवं तुहिनच्छलेन॥

Your fame spread like pure autumn sky—unmarred and white like cloudless space, like apsaras showering flowers in heaven.

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